Chicago police warn of 15 vehicle break-ins early Saturday on Northwest Side
Chicago Police on Sunday were looking for suspects who broke into several vehicles this weekend.
Police issued a warning after the group damaged and stole from more than a dozen locations on the city's Northwest Side.
This crime spree happened in three different Chicago neighborhoods. Thieves even targeted a police officer's vehicle.
A victim who spoke to CBS News Chicago off-camera said she believes the thieves targeted first responders.
Police said in each of the incidents, a group of four to five people drove up to a parked vehicle in a blue sedan, smashed one of the windows, and searched the car for valuables before driving off.
Police scanner traffic clarified that mostly pickup trucks were broken into in the incidents. Some trucks that were broken into supported firefighters or law enforcement on their license plate.
At least two hotel parking lots were also targeted.
A community alert was put out, where police say the crimes happened in the early morning hours Saturday in the O'Hare, Oriole Park, Norwood Park East and West neighborhoods.
The specific locations of the break-ins were as follows:
- 7700 block of West Higgins Avenue (Oriole Park)
- 8100 block of West Higgins Avenue (Norwood Park)
- 8500 block of West Higgins Avenue (O'Hare)
- 5600 block of North Cumberland Avenue (O'Hare)
- 7500 block of West Balmoral Avenue (Oriole Park)
- 7600 block of West Foster Avenue (Oriole Park)
- 7700 block of West Berwyn Avenue (Oriole Park)
- 7700 block of West Bryn Mawr Avenue. (Norwood Park)
- 7700 block of West Gregory Street (Oriole Park)
- 5200 block of North Oriole Avenue (Oriole Park)
- 5300 block of North Oriole Avenue (Oriole Park)
- 5300 block of North Overhill Avenue (Oriole Park)
- 6000 block of West Rosedale Avenue (Norwood Park)
- 7700 block of West Rosedale Avenue (Norwood Park)
- 7800 block of West Rosedale Avenue (Norwood Park)
It was unclear what was stolen from the vehicles.
CBS News Chicago reached out to both the Chicago Police and Fire departments to determine if law enforcement or first responders were targeted. But they would not say if there was a trend.
Anyone with information on any of the burglaries is asked to call Grand Central Area detectives at 312-746-7394.
